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I enjoyed it for what it was. Very light and cutesy. I really liked the main couple. It was hard for me to like the secondary couple given what we knew about the second FL but after that was cleared up I started liking her a lot more. Overall good drama to pass the time.

Really good drama to pass the time..very light and cute romance and some seriously hilarious scenes.

lol ahhh so thats the issue. A minglan fan said mean things about one of your Favourite shows. That sort of explains the hate...the obsession...not so much. You literally wrote an epilogue in the comments about why Zanillia is a "bad wife" in real life. That is serious weirdo behaviour.

Wait...when did I even mention you?????? Did I @ you or something????
In any case as shocking as it may seem and as difficult as it may be to comprehend...did you think that maybe the show has that many fans because its (and bear with me here i'll try not to lose you)...Good!

Maybe if the show that you love so much that it brought you here because some Minglan fan disrespected it was even half as good...we would not even be having this...conversation.

lmaooo you do not know how funny it is that you "hate" a show so much that your literally stalking the comment section of said show. Its so hilarious. Babes just say you're a fan!

Anyways, have fun being unhinged in the comment section! <3

okay i'm not reading all of that but i'm sorry you feel that way or congratulations on your new milestone.

And for someone who claims to hate a drama as much as you claim to hate this one...you STAYYY in the comments...Its giving obsessed. You already left your review on why you dislike the drama so why do you feel the need to police those who actually enjoy it damn. Go comment and stalk a drama you ACTUALLY enjoyed.

This drama is still one of my absolute favorites even after two years. Let me tell yall this drama is pretty amazing. Some people will argue that it is slow or whatever but the pacing is just so perfect. The acting of everyone is outstanding. The plot!!!! Man this drama was serving. I still watch it even now. If you're uncertain about starting though. I'd suggest watching a few episodes but honestly, the story just gets better and better. Anyways you'd be doing yourself a favor if you watch this drama.

Ps. Somebody wrote a book in the comment section about why they hate this drama. If you're swayed by that i'd suggest you look at the ratio of good comments recommending the drama to bad ones...okay Bye!

I hate dramas where we can see the villains and the main characters are completely loss in the sauce. It gets me super frustrated (I didn't enjoy Ruyi's Pavillian because of this same reason) cause they are interacting with these people and I'm just like *facepalm*......Love & Redemption did such a good job with that aspect because we (like the MC's) were unaware of the identity of the main villain until like half way in the show...and they practically found out when we did as well...will probably drop this for this reason alone.

I watched both..at first I was reluctant to watch Yanxi because I hated Ying Luo in Ruyi but i'm glad I watched it cause I enjoyed it so much. In my mind I separated the two shows lol...Its really hard to think that the characters in both dramas are the same...I really try not to think about it...anyways i'd say go for it and appreciate it for itself and not in comparison to Yanxi cause its quite good.

Thanks I'll check them out

where can I watch it with english subs?

You should still put it in the spoiler tag and since you feel so strongly about it comment a general warning in the comments for future watchers (although rape is included in the tags). Its an asshole move to post a spoiler without a warning because you're upset about the ending.

In addition, I said it wasn't a redemption arc because he wasn't "redeemed" he didn't change his ways, there was no big revelation...he was still evil. Usually with redemption arcs the person acknowledges their wrongs and ask for forgiveness and works towards changing for the better while everyone tries to forgive or justify his/her actions. There was none of that here.

It sucks that the writers made her die along side him...it sucks that the writers wrote that she fell in love with him (which btw wasn't one of those suddenly revelations at the end to change him into being good...before he raped her she was already in love with him (which was quite tragic)) but at the end of the day he did die. He did not get the chief priest title. There was no 'he suddenly became good at the end'. They both died...he didn't even end up with her...that wasn't a redemption arc...that was honestly just lazy writing.

Maybe you should put this as a spoiler

Oh my god yall will hate me but it must be said. This drama was doing too much...too much was occurring. At one point I think 10 storylines were all happening simultaneously. I felt like I didn't even get to genuinely appreciate all that the characters were going through because so much was happening at the same time. Like okay he found out _ about the sister but at the same time the sister is going through _ and we also found out that this person is _ like okay I'm angry at the sister but now I'm sympathizing for the sister, okay but now I'm angry FOR the sister like wth...WTH writers...and this was happening with all the characters...each of them had like 3 side stories occuring at the same time...WHY...WHY was that necessary. Anyways I didn't enjoy it as much as I thought I would. It was just okay to me.

what time period is this?

I dropped it...man i really tried because the premise seemed really interesting but then everything seemed rushed at one point and the FL who was supposed to be extremely smart but was such a dummy (like why do you keep getting drunk and behaving stupid in work settings) even with all of that I would have still tried to make it to the end if we had some sort of skinship...i was honestly surprised when she got pregnant because WHEN...i guess we were suppose to like pick up on very very very SUBTLE clues.

I did like how they showed how hard it was for women in modern organizations to raise families but that was legit all I liked.

It has a sad ending but it not an ending that makes you sad if that makes sense. When I got to the ending after so much build up I honestly was like. 'oh.....okay'. So i'd still suggest you watch it.

The premise of the drama is him being one of the most "handsome" guy that you'd rarely come across...that is literally one of our first introduction to his character. So if that isnt telling me to look at his appearance idk what is...and you're right...beauty is in the eyes of the beholder and to this beholder he's not attractive. Good for the korean who find him attractive??

I am struggling through this hacker storyline...Will this be the new storyline for the entirety of the show?

Not sure if you watched it yet but ummm noooo...this is nothing like Yanxi Palace while Yanxi Palace had its sad moments but was mostly happy with us seeing the FL outsmart everyone ...Ruyi is practically only sad moments with few happy or good moments sprinkled in between. It's much more intense than Yanxi Palace.

I really enjoyed it but it was a hard watch. The FL is smart ofc but she's not conniving or scheming like Ying Luo. She's classy and reserved. She really tried to stay away from the harem dramas...which made it that more difficult to watch because it seemed as if all the bad things that could happen to her...did. But like I said its a great drama just very intense and sad.

And the emperor is not portrayed as well here in comparison to Yanxi Palace. In this one I hateddddddd Hong Li. He was literally the worse character in this drama.

This drama is just so outstanding...i'm about to rewatch for the third time.

This was pretty epic guys...The acting, OST, visuals. It was good. I would definitely recommend this one. The fight scenes were really well done.

I am only hurt because now I have to wait until season 2 and only god knows when that will be out. People are also saying Leo won't reprise his role and I really can see anyone else playing Xiao Yan so well so I'm already preparing myself in case for the disappointment,

You don't need to wait on part 2 to watch this one because the cliffhanger is not so huge that you definitely need to wait until part 2. One of the main things that started his journey was completed in this season so that was a plus for me.

Also, all the female actresses were great. I loved all of them so much (except Yanran). They were done so well in my opinion that when one had screentime with the ML you didn't hate them because they were all just so awesome.. I honestly shipped the ML with all of them (except Yanran).